“Records have shown that when Bredesen’s office becomes
involved in a complaint, notes are shredded or not taken, or documents
are not released.”(Editorial Board, “EDITORIAL: Bredesen Must Clean Up Conduct, Open Records,” The Tennessean, 7/15/05)

“The governor’s office has become involved in a select number
of workplace harassment complaints against top state officials and has
put them under a veil of secrecy that does not apply to ordinary state
works, a Tennessean review of case files shows.”(Brad Schrade, “Bredesen Imposes Secrecy On Select Harassment Cases,” The Tennessean, 7/16/05)

The Tennessean reported that “when cases are routed through
Gov. Phil Bredesen's office, the files are empty, are shredded or
contain only one or two pages with almost no details about the
accusations or how the investigations were handled.”(Brad Schrade, “Bredesen Imposes Secrecy On Select Harassment Cases,” The Tennessean, 7/16/05)

“Tennessee Harassment Investigations Found to be Incomplete, Inconsistent.” (Beth Rucker, “Tennessee Harassment Investigations Found To Be Incomplete, Inconsistent,” The Associated Press, 12/11/05)

Bredesen downplayed sexual harassment saying, “Anytime you mix men and women together in a work environment there's going to be issues.”(Brad Schrade, “Bredesen Imposes Secrecy On Select Harassment Cases,” The Tennessean, 7/16/05)

Bredesen called a small fine and minimal suspension “appropriate,”
after the President of Middle Tennessee State University was accused of
sexually harassing a female subordinate. (Duren Cheek, “MTSU Chief’s Penalty Fair, Too Soon To Tell For TSU Head, Governor Says,” The Tennessean, 12/9/03)

Bredesen hired two individuals who oversaw the mishandling of the sexual harassment allegations to run his campaign. (Brent Scher, “Bredesen Reassembles Team That Mishandled Sexual Harassment Claims,” The Washington Free Beacon, 2/6/18)

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